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Verbs (24)

v. watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"

v. conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"

keep, maintain

v. observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"

note, observe with care

v. observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction"

keep, celebrate

v. celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"

note, remark, mention, make a remark

v. make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"

find, notice, discover, detect

v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

follow, watch, keep an eye on, watch over

v. follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"

respect, honor, honour, abide by

v. show respect towards; "honor your parents!"

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (193)

glance, take a look at

v. throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

regard

v. look at attentively

survey, make a survey of

v. look over in a comprehensively, inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates"

behold, lay eyes on

v. see with attention; "behold Christ!"

record, register, be aware of

v. be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"

see

v. perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"

mark, note, notice

v. notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"

examine, look at, take a look at, examine by sight

v. observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

go over, inspect, look over

v. look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully"

advert, attend, pay attention, pay heed, give ear

v. give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"

mind, heed, pay attention to, listen to

v. pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"

behold, lay eyes on

v. see with attention; "behold Christ!"

look

v. perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"

witness

v. be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"

hark, harken, hearken

v. listen; used mostly in the imperative

follow, comply, abide by, be compliant

v. act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"

adjust, conform, adapt

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

obey

v. be obedient to

yield, quail, give way, stop resisting, be overpowered by

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

sanctify, bless, consecrate, hallow

v. render holy by means of religious rites

ritualize

v. make or evolve into a ritual; "The growing up of children has become ritualized in many cultures"

find, witness, see

v. perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

watch, see

v. check, try, or ascertain; "See whether it works!"

catch, watch, view, see, take in

v. see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

follow, watch, observe, keep an eye on, watch over

v. follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"

locate, turn up, unearth

v. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"

find, discover

v. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

find, discover

v. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

see, pick up, learn, hear, discover, find out, hear about, hear of, get a line on, get wind of, get word, become aware of, get to know

v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"

check, see, learn, find out, ascertain, determine

v. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

find, find out, ascertain, determine

v. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

catch

v. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse"

evidence, tell, ascertain, demonstrate

v. give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"

mark, note, notice

v. notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"

see

v. perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"

find, witness, see

watch, see

v. check, try, or ascertain; "See whether it works!"

catch, watch, view, see, take in

v. see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

find, notice, discover, detect, observe

v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

study, analyze, analyse, examine

v. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

explore, travel to, penetrate into

v. travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in biology"

research, search, explore

v. inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"

explore, examine for diagnostic purposes

v. examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

explore, examine minutely

v. examine minutely

sit, baby-sit, babysit

v. work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"

glance, take a look at

v. throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

obey

v. be obedient to

audit, scrutinize, inspect

v. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns"

regard

v. look at attentively

survey, run a survey of, make a survey of

v. make a survey of; for statistical purposes

survey, make a survey of

v. look over in a comprehensively, inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates"

sanctify, bless, consecrate, hallow

v. render holy by means of religious rites

praise

v. express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"

glorify, laud, extol, exalt, proclaim

v. praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

hail, acclaim, herald

v. praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

shower, shower down

v. rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"

esteem, repute, think of, look on as, look upon, regard as, take to be

v. look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

Synonyms (6)

notice, comment, point out, remark upon, comment upon, make a point

v. make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"

Antonyms (17)

criticize, criticise, express criticism of, pick apart

v. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"

disrespect, show disrespect towards

v. show a lack of respect for

break, breach, violate, transgress, go against, infract, be in violation of

v. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

contravene, infringe, conflict with, run afoul of

v. go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"

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